4. Fats Domino

5. Big Al Downing

While he was too little known to have much influence, he would go on to have hits in multiple genres. Early in his career, he worked with rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson and they recorded the rockabilly song “Let’s Have A Party”.

12. Death

Future Influence: Rough Francis, whose band members are the sons and nephews of Death’s original lead singer David Hackney. For more info, check out the documentary A Band Called Death (it’s on Netflix).

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